Planes overhead in WN6
Wigan, Greater Manchester. 822 of its 932 postcodes measured, the ones in Wigan, January to August 2026.
From Manchester
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Manchester flies, and that decides how many pass over WN6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 39 a day; of its 822 postcodes, 300 at 10 to 99, 522 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 21 a day; of its 822 postcodes, 213 at 10 to 99, 609 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 822 postcodes, 822 under 10
The table counts the postcodes of each sector by how many planes pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| Sector | Flying west70% of days | Both ways10% of days | Flying east20% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| WN6 0347 postcodes | 347 under 10 | 347 under 10 | 347 under 10 |
| WN6 7215 postcodes | 215 at 10 to 99 | 211 at 10 to 994 under 10 | 215 under 10 |
| WN6 8220 postcodes | 85 at 10 to 99135 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99218 under 10 | 220 under 10 |
| WN6 940 postcodes | 40 under 10 | 40 under 10 | 40 under 10 |
What counts as overhead
Overhead means more than halfway up the sky (48.5 degrees or more) and below 7,000 ft, the CAA's definition of an overflight (CAP 1498). A day counts as one way when 80% of its flights used that way.
Near WN6
WN1 WN5 WN3 WN2 BL6 WN4 BL5 WA11
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Manchester. Flight tracks: adsb.lol (ODbL 1.0); Weather at each airport: Iowa Environmental Mesonet; Ground heights: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; Postcode positions: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL). Licence: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.